Destination Moon

1950 · 91 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 4,872 VOTES · DIR. Irving Pichel

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Overview

A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that contains a cargo of four astronauts. But a critical miscalculation of needed power to escape the moon's gravitational pull may put the astronauts' lives in danger.

Dialogue Timeline — 962 lines

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00:02:14 There it is, General. It's your vindication.
00:06:33 "If any other power gets one into space before we do...
00:08:58 To private industry. Government always does that when it gets in a jam!
00:11:36 It's a venture I don't want to be left out of.
00:14:43 Let me out of here! Help! Help!
00:17:28 That's what I said! - If it's that important a project...
00:20:22 The moonscape is pretty drab.
00:23:52 Have you seen this?
00:26:16 All roads have been blocked.
00:29:02 You don't think it could blow up?
00:32:18 We're all scared.
00:37:57 switch on view aft.
00:43:36 We are now tracking you by radar.
00:47:36 Ready to put on the helmets?
00:53:10 We've go to get him! - I'm coming out!
00:58:56 Quit worrying. We're landing in the smooth plain short of there.
01:01:55 Come on then, Doc. This is your moment.
01:08:08 and will be for a couple of more days.
01:11:40 Now hold your arm up.
01:14:52 I gave our instrument readings. Reaction mass, mass ratio...
01:17:48 Hey, Sweeney...
01:21:12 I'm the oldest. I've done my job. - I'm the Skipper of this ship!
01:23:31 He's not in there! - Then he...he can't do that!
01:25:54 We decompress the airlock, the door opens, the suit is dragged out.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed962
Dialogue density10.6 lines / min
First line00:02:14
Final line01:25:54

Production Record

DirectorIrving Pichel
LanguageEnglish
Budget$592,000
Revenue$5,000,000
IMDb votes4,872